Hanger box



.uy 7, 1925. LSMMSZ H. R. REYNOLDS HANGER BOX Original Filed April 5, 1923 IN VEN TOR mental July 7, 192s. l UNI-TED STATES 1,544,682 PATENT oFFlcs.

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Application nled April 3, 1923, Serial lo. 089,657. Renewed 4January 28', 1985.

` To allfwom z't may concern.'

Be it known that. I, Hallar R. REYNoLm, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New Britain, Connecticut, have I invented a new and useful Hanger Box, of

which the followin is a specification.

My invention re ates .to certain new and useful improvements in anti-friction bearings, which improvements are of particular advantage when used in connection with so called hanger boxes for shafting.- Heretofore the standard application ofl an antifriction hanger box bearing to straight shafting has been accomplished by ailxmg the inner bearing ring or rings o an antifriction means to the -shafting, so that said parts will rotate together. In such constructions there is the tendency of the parts 4to loosen up, which is diicult to overcome 20 and which, when it occurs, soon develops lost motion and inaccuracy of operation. When looseness occurs in such constructions the y arts can not be tightened up without muc effort. My present invention aims to 25 overcome these objections and to that end I provide a construction in which the inner bearing ring or rings are free of the shafting, the same being part of a central, sleevelike unit that does not engage the shaft to be supported, but which turns freely thereof.

The outer -rin ofthe anti-friction bearing are providess with simple and effective means for firmly securing the same to the shaft to be supported, in a manner which wear and which, if looseness shouldv occur, maybe uicklyretightened with the greatest ease. 'llllese evices are also'so constructed as to constitute cups orhousingscontainin and protecting the anti-friction means, an permitting the easy and effective lubrication thereof.

While the invention is especiall suitable for supporting line shafting, it is so'adapt- 45 ed to mounting loose pulleys and other 'rotatable machine units.

The above, and many other, yadvantages will be ap arent to the mechanic skilled in this art m a reading of the following 5 specification and an examination of the laccompanying drawings, in which- 1 is a side elevation, large? in section of my invention as ladapte r what is termed `a rshaft hanger, the parts' in section rings of said bearing? substantially eliminates the possibility of' being shown on the plane of the line --w of 55 view being partlyin section.

Fig. 3 1s an end elevation, partly in sec- 50 tion', on the line y-,g of Fig. 1.

1 represents a line shaft-ingwith the ends broken away. 2 represents a sleeve, the bore of which is larger than lthe diameter of the shaft 1. `Upon the ends of the sleeve 2- are 65 mounted the inner rings 3-3 of two antifriction bearings. .4 4 represent the outer A respectively, and 5-5 represent the anti- 4ctionA devices for said bearings.` Y 7 Each outer ring 4 is snug] seated and` held in a housing 6, one end o? which housing is contracted so that it will approximate- 1y fit on the shaft 1. This end is preferably vsplit longitudinally to form, in effect, two 75 jaws which may be drawn toward each other or pinched uponthev shaft 41 by means of clamping bolts 7-7. 8 represents a packin of fe t or the like, which may fill the slitte end'of the housin 6, so as to exclude dust 30 yor dirt. t the ot er end of each housing 6 is provided suitable means for preventing dustor dirt from entering at that end. In

the particular form shown this dustrotect-. ing device'comprises a ring 9 an a felt-55 packing IO, which later bears light-ly on the central sleeve 2. The ring 9 ma be held in place by a split spring ring 11, w ich may be snapped into an annular groove on the inner wall of the housing 6. 12 is a plug, which o may be provided in each housing and which, when removed, permits oil, grease or any Suitable lubricant to be introduced within the housing for the benefit of the anti-friction bearing therein.. 5

It will at once be seen that, 4by the arrangement described, the central sleeve 2 is entirely free of the shafting 1, the entire device being connected Athereto by means of the housing sup rts for they 10 outer bearing rings 4 4. e particular manner of connecting thesesupporting housings to the shaft may be yarled in many ways, but the form that I have shown herein lo is easily accessible at all times, and is exceedingly simple, inex nsive and effective, and avoids the use. of eys, wedges or other such devices as have heretofore been employ- 55, bore of a size to freely receive said shaft,

ed in devices of this kindof the old type.

In the particular design of the apparatus herein shown, the central member or sleeve 2 is thepart that is engaged by the usual hanger or support (not shown). No claim is made to the particular form of support or hanger, since such devices are well known in the art of shaft hangers.

bviously, if the construction is to be used for the purposes of a loose pulley or other rotatable machine unit, the loose pulley or other rotatable machine unit would be mounted upon the central rotatable sleeve 2. rI"his suggestion is oiered for the purpose of making it clear that the construction is not necessarily limited in its use to shaft hanger boxes, although, for reasons heretofore assigned, it possesses very great utility in that particular connection, and constitutes a substantial departure and radical improvement over the standard type hanger box bearings now in use.

It will be noted that the contracted end of each housing 6 forms, in eect, a hub of suiiicient length to grip the shafting 1 in such a manner as tofurnish a firm support for each housing. It will also be noted that, when a hub end is slitted to form two clamping jaws, it is preferable to use two clamping screws 7-7 for each hub, one on v each side of the shafting, las best seen in Fig. 1.

What I claim is: 1. An anti-friction device for a rotatable shaft, comprising, a sleeve element having a bore ofa size to freely receive said shaft, an anti-:friction bearing mounted on the outside of said sleeve and including an inner ring and an outer ring larger than the inner' ring and concentric therewith and having anti-'friction members between said rings, said inner ring being adapted to be secured to said sleeve and means for securing said outer rin to the shaft.

2. An antiiction device for a rotatable shaft, comprising, a sleeve element havingl a outside ring, and means for securing eachoutside 'ring to said shaft, said securing means comprising clamping jaws.

i 3. An anti-friction device for a rotatable shaft, comprising, a sleeve element having a anti-friction bearings mounted on the outside ofy said sleeve and each including an outside ring,'and means 'for securing each outside ring to said shaft, saidv securing means comprising clamping jaws and clamping screws for said aws.

4. An anti-friction device for a rotatabley shaft, comprising, a 'sleeve element having a bore of a size freely receivesaid shaft, anti-friction bearings mounted on the outmeegaan side of said sleeve and each including an outside ring, and means for securing each outside ringl to said shaft, said securing meansA forming a protectivehousing for said anti-friction bearings.

5. -An anti-friction device for a rotatable shaft, comprising, a sleeve element having a bore of a size to freely receive said-shaft, anti-friction bearings mounted on the outside of said sleeve and each including an outside ring, and means for securing each outside rin to said shaft, said securing means forming a protective housing for said anti-.friction bearings, said housing having an opening for the admission of lubricant or said enclosed bearings. n

6. An anti-friction hanger box for shafting, comprising, a sleeve of a size to loosely surround said shafting, two bearing rings mounted apart on said sleeve, two complementary bearing rings surrounding the first mentioned rings, with anti-friction devices therebetween, separate housings surrounding said bearings, the outer end of each housing extending beyond the adjacent end of said sleeve and adapted to be secured to `ing said bearings, the outer end of each housing extending beyond the adjacent end of said sleeve and adapted to be secured to said shafting, whereby said housings and outerrings will turn with theshafting and whereby said shafting will turnl freely of said sleeve, with means for guarding against the intrusion of injurious matter into the bearing space withln said housings.

8. 'An anti-friction hanger 'box for shafting, comprising, a sleeve of a size to loosely surround said shafting, tWdbearing rings sleeve, two comple-` mounted apart on sai j mentary bearing rings surrounding the first mentioned rings, with anti-friction devices therebetween, separate housings surrounding said bearings, the outer end of each housing extending beyond the adjacent end of said sleeve and adapted to'be secured to` said shafting, whereby said' housings and outer rings will turn with the shafting and whereby said shafting will turn freely of said' sleeve, said housing ends being contracted to. fit` the shafting and each .carrying a clamping screw to lock the same on said shafting a einst independent rotation.

9. An anti-friction hanger box for shafting, comprising, a sleeve of a size to loosely surround said shaftin two bearing rings mounted apart on sai sleeve, two com lementary bearing rings surrounding the rst mentioned rings, with anti-friction devices therebetweer separate housings surround shafting, housing meansat least partiallyA surrounding saidsleeve, said housing means being adapted to be secured to said shafting, and lantifriction members between radially aligned raceways on said housing means and said sleeve, whereby said hous- 1n said sleeve will lbe supported by ysaid antifriction members.

11. A hanger box' for shafting, including a sleeve adaptedto freely surround the shafting, spaced anti-friction member raceways on said sleeve, housing means adapted to bel secured to said shafting, said housing means having spaced anti-friction memmeans willrotate with said shaft and ber raceways outside of and surrounding said raceways on said sleeve, anti-friction members interposed between said inner and outer raceways', whereby said housing means will rotate with the shaft and said anti-friction members will support said sleeve free of said shaft.

12. In a hanger box for a shaft, an inner member free of the shaft, housing means adaptedl to be secured to the shaft to rotate therewith, spaced anti-friction member raceways on said inner member, corresponding anti-friction member raceways on said housing means, and surrounding the raceways on said inner member, and anti-friction members in said raceways for supportingsaid housing from said inner member, the latter being free of the shafting.

13. A`A hanger box for shafting, comprising asleeve adapted to freely surround said shafting, supporting means at the opposite ends of said sleeve for supporting the latter on, but free of said lshafting, anti-friction devices between said sleeve and said sleevesupporting means, both of said supportinor means forming a housing surrounding andv protecting said anti-friction devices, and a clamping hub on each housing for directly engaging said shafting and for locking the same thereon.

HARRY R. REYNOLDS. 

